IA Summit 2006: Day One

by David Sturtz

Here’s a quick wrap-up of some of the first day’s highlights and thoughts for those of you playing along at home…

Something about knowledge…

David Weinberger’s opening presentation dealt with how the concept of knowledge is changing. (Luke W. has excellent notes on this presentation and others. ) He touched on the concept of authority and the editorial process, and Rashmi Sinha pointed out that socially-edited content also has a viewpoint. This lead me to wonder if there is a way (or a need) to more clearly/explicitly present the underlying bias. It’s common knowledge that GE owns NBC, for example, but who “owns” Digg? (Judging from the current front page it’s Linux-using, ipod-modding web developers with a soft spot for Nintendo nostalgia.)